The moves cleared around $31 million in salary cap space, which should put them under the 2013 salary cap number. The Jets were reportedly $23 million over the cap before these moves.

None of the moves are surprising. Scott was the team’s first free agent signing when Rex Ryan arrived in 2009. He was scheduled to have a $8.6 million cap figure this year. The Jets still have $1.5 million in dead money tied up with him.

Pace had been with the Jets since 2008 when he was signed as a free agent to bolster the team’s pass rush. Pace was scheduled to have an $11.5 million cap number this year. The team will still have $3 million in dead money committed to him.

Eric Smith was a third-round pick of the team in 2006. He had a $3 million cap charge this year that is now cleared completely.

The Jets traded for Jason Smith in August, knowing they would release him this offseason rather than pay him the $12 million his contract called for. That money is now off the Jets’ cap.